hanging
Webster 1828
HANG'ING, participle present tense Suspending to something above.1. Being suspended; dangling; swinging.2. Foreboding death by the halter.What a hanging face!3. Requiring punishment by the halter; as a hanging matter.HANG'ING, noun Any kind of drapery hung or fastened to the walls or a room, by way of ornament.No purple hangings clothe the palace walls.1. Death by the halter; as hard words or hanging 2. Display; exhibition